January 2, 2008 Council evaluates youth ministry

“What is the commitment of the national church towards supporting and sustaining ongoing youth initiatives and intentional youth ministries? What is the clearest vision for this?”

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January 2, 2008 Education plan members will see refunds

Members of the General Synod’s Continuing Education Plan (CEP) will see refunds of their existing contributions due to changes made to comply with requirements set by the Canada Revenue Agency. The Council of General Synod (CoGS) approved the changes at its fall meeting.

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January 2, 2008 Divine surroundings

Council of General Synod members Eric Parsons (diocese of Rupert’s Land), Judy Darling (Ottawa) and Bishop Percy Coffin (Western Newfoundland) participate in Bible study at the fall meeting. 

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January 2, 2008 In other news, the Council of General Synod (CoGS) also:

approved a motion to establish a task force that will review the role, duties and functions of the primate (national archbishop) and recommend changes to General Synod in 2010; the task force will include two members of the...

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January 2, 2008 Council endorses provincial autonomy, vetoes central ‘curia’

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) reviewed the Anglican Church of Canada’s preliminary response to the Draft Covenant for the Anglican Communion and proposed some changes, among them, that there be a more forthright expression of the autonomy of individual provinces and a principle of not intruding on each other’s affairs.

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January 2, 2008 Bequest expected to buoy national budget

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) on Nov. 18 approved a budget for 2008 that anticipates revenues of $8.9 million and expenditures of $10.2 million.

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November 19, 2007 Bequest expected to buoy national church budget

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) on Nov. 18 approved a budget for 2008 that anticipates revenues of $8.9 million and expenditures of $10.2 million. A bequest of $4 million that General Synod expects to receive on Jan. 15, 2008 will bridge the gap of $1.3 million, said Peter Blachford, General Synod treasurer.

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November 17, 2007 Council expresses sadness over bishop's departure

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) has described as “a source of sadness” the decision by a retired bishop to leave the Anglican Church of Canada over the issue of same-sex blessings, but also said an “appropriate provision for pastoral care and episcopal support” exists for all Canadian Anglicans.

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July 3, 2007 Synod elects officers

Rev. Stephen Andrews, the president and vice-chancellor of Thorneloe University in Sudbury, Ont., was elected prolocutor of General Synod on the fourth ballot. The prolocutor is chief deputy to the primate and second executive...

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May 1, 2007 Groups issue cautions on same-sex resolutions

Less than two months before General Synod in June, the Primate’s Theological Commission, as well as one third of Canadian bishops, 25 theologians and an interest group have issued separate statements distancing themselves from resolutions dealing with the blessing of same-sex unions forwarded by the Council of General Synod (CoGS) to synod delegates for action.

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